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Niagara Apple tree

Owner: Peter

Location:  Westford, MA, United States

Age:Planted in about 2010
Age of this tree:14 years
Soil:Sandy, shallow 
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Not sure
Local pests:Caterpillars leaf rollers

Season records for this tree

  • 2015

    Harvest: 3rd week August  9kg / 20lbs
    Size: 2.5m / 8.3ft high   1.5m / 5.0ft wide
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    First year flowering, first year fruiting. Fruit load broke one main branch which I then bound up and hopefully by sping will have knitted